I walked past a fire station in Santa Clara today and this sign was on the door. This is a law in California that allows a mother who is overwhelmed, to surrender a baby to a responsible site without any type of criminal charge or questions asked. In our state the surrender sites are determined by the Board of Supervisors of the county. They are usually hospitals and fire stations. The surrender must occur within 72 hours of the babies birth. The law has resulted in a decrease of abandoned babies by about 5x to now only about five a year in the state. On the other hand, statewide there are over 50 babies surrendered each year.
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